[continued from previous message]   
      
   (sourced to ARNewsLine 2410)   
      
   -------------------   
      
   Special callsign HB 50 VC is active until 31 December celebrating the   
   50th anniversary of the Swissair Amateur Radio Club, HB 9 VC.   
      
   A growing trend these days is that QSL cards will not be provided   
   but QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World.   
      
   You can also download a certificate for working this special event   
   station from the link we like in the text editions of   
   WIA National News   
      
   tinyurl.com/HB50VC-24.   
      
   (rsgb)   
      
   --------------   
      
   Listen throughout the rest of the year for the special callsign   
   9 A 1 RKZ marking the 100th anniversary of the Radioklub Zagreb   
   which was founded the 24th of March 1924 in Croatia   
      
   QSL via 9A1ADE.   
      
   (ARNewsLine 2410)   
   -----------------------------------------------------------*   
      
   REPEATING>   
      
   VK2's Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club say the VK2RPM repeaters at   
   Middle Brother remain off-air, following damage to the host sites   
   power distribution system. The damage was caused by lightning during   
   severe storms mid November and these VK2RPM repeaters will be off air   
   for a further week or so, or until site works are carried out restoring   
   power supply to the site.   
      
   (vk2wi)   
      
   ------------------------------------------------------------*   
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS   
      
   SOUTH AFRICA   
      
   BACAR-12... WHAT AN ADVENTURE.   
      
   BACAR-12 was the prelude to 2025, the SARL centenary BACAR event and   
   whilst some gremlins managed to sneak on board, it was an awesome event   
   with three balloons being launched successfully.   
      
   Unfortunately, the gremlins did prevent the delivery of certain   
   payloads to the launch site, switched off the VHF live image SSTV   
   transmitter during flight, stopped the BACAR parachute from opening   
   and somehow forced the WSPR beacon to go silent. But the gremlins were   
   simply overwhelmed by the successes.   
      
   Lots of South African clubs and participants got involved, lots of   
   payloads worked flawlessly and reached 31,7 km in altitude, lots of fun   
   was had by all, lots of knowledge shared and gained, and the Hamnet   
   team tracked and recovered the balloons and payloads.   
      
   Remember that there was also a prize up for grabs?   
      
   The first person to correctly identify the quotation that was embedded   
   in the UHF SSTV images and to gets its author correct, stood to win a   
   R250 Takealot voucher.   
      
   The prize goes to Jeets, ZS6JKN.   
      
   Congratulations Jeets, you were first to communicate the complete   
   answer which was Explore. Dream. Discover.   
      
   (sarl)   
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL   
      
   Mandatory ransomware reporting will now form part of legislative   
   toolbox.   
      
   Australias first cyber security legislation has been passed by   
   parliament after being approved by the senate earlier through the week.   
      
   Now businesses that pay ransomware hackers will be compelled to report   
   it to the government. There is also a limited use obligation for the   
   National Cyber Security Coordinator and the Australian Signals   
   Directorate to share information from a victim during an incident.   
   Agencies had found themselves being cut out of the information loop   
   by the private sector as they responded to an attack.   
      
   The laws also create mandatory security standards for smart devices.   
      
   In a statement, Minister for Cyber Security Tony Burke said the law is   
   a key pillar in [the governments] mission to protect Australians from   
   cyber threats.   
      
   (itnews)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER   
   AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org   
      
   Air Leak on ISS Russian Module Is Getting Worse   
      
   For the past five years, air has been escaping through a Russian   
   section of the International Space Station at an increasing rate.   
   NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, are still in disagreement   
   over the root cause of the leak, as well as the severity of the   
   consequences.   
      
   While the Russian team continues to search for and seal the leaks,   
   it does not believe catastrophic disintegration of the PrK is   
   realistic, Bob Cabana, a former NASA astronaut who now chairs the   
   ISS Advisory Committee, said during a meeting on Wednesday, SpaceNews   
   reported. NASA has expressed concerns about the structural integrity   
   of the PrK and the possibility of a catastrophic failure.   
      
   The Russians believe that continued operations are safe but they cant   
   prove to our satisfaction that they are, and the U.S. believes that   
   its not safe but we cant prove to the Russians satisfaction that   
   thats the case, he added.   
      
   Russian teams believe the air leak was likely caused by high cyclic   
   fatigue from micro vibrations, while teams at NASA think pressure and   
   mechanical stress, residual stress, material properties of the module,   
   and environmental exposure are all at play, according to SpaceNews.   
      
   As the two space agencies continue to discuss the potential risk,   
   the aging space station is inching closer to retirement within the   
   next six years and its hardware may finally be giving in to the   
   wear and tear of the harsh space environment.   
      
   NOT ONLY BUT ALSO- Space Station Raises Orbit Avoiding Orbital   
   Debris.   
      
   The Progress 89 thrusters were fired Tuesday, November 19 for   
   5 minutes, 31 seconds, to raise the orbit of the International Space   
   Station to provide an extra margin of distance from a piece of orbital   
   debris from a defunct defence meteorological satellite.   
      
   The Pre-determined Debris Avoidance Manoeuvre was conducted in   
   coordination with NASA, Roscosmos and the other space station partners.   
   Without the manoeuvre, ballistics officials estimated that the fragment   
   could have come within around 2.5 miles of the station.   
      
   [ANS]   
      
   PARUS-T1A Satellite   
      
   The satellite frequency coordination committee of the International   
   Amateur Radio Union has updated information regarding the approved   
   frequency requests from the National Formosa University for satellite   
   PARUS-T1A.   
      
   The satellite is tentatively scheduled for launch in January.   
      
   PARUS-T1A, a 3U CubeSat will provide essential services to the   
   global amateur radio community with its Primary Mission, an FM Voice   
   Cross-Band Repeater to facilitate real-time voice communication between   
   amateur radio operators on 145.980 MHz (Uplink tone 67Hz) and   
   435.250 MHz (Downlink).   
      
   The satellite will also carry an APRS Digipeater to enable the   
   transmission of real-time position and status information from   
   APRS equipped devices on 145.825 MHz.   
      
   A telemetry beacon downlink on 437.850 MHz has also been coordinated,   
   with unencrypted telemetry packets accessible to the public through   
   online dashboards like SatNOGS, promoting transparency and community   
   collaboration.   
      
   Anticipating a launch from Florida in January, 2025.   
      
   (ANA)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MARITIME   
      
   IOWAs NEPM Military-Amateur Cross-Band Activation for Pearl Harbor   
   Remembrance   
      
   The Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association (BIARA) and the IOWAs   
   Innovation, Engineering and Technology Team (IET) will activate the   
   ships original N.E.P.M. Navy call sign on December 7 and 8, 2024.   
   Hours of operation both days are expected to be from 1500 UTC to   
   0100 UTC.   
      
   This activation will be in memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941   
   and all the radio amateurs and aficionados who answered the call taking   
   their skills into the military and civilian war efforts.   
      
   The ARRL and their legal team worked with the Federal Communications   
   Commission to obtain a waiver to allow licensed amateur radio   
   operators to work NEPM for this limited event.   
   Amateurs are reminded that they may NOT transmit on the military   
      
   [continued in next message]   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)